Recognition & Achievements
Falls Church High School is Again a Blue Ribbon School. For the third time in the last four years, Falls Church High School has become the recipient of the Blue Ribbon for Superior Performance School Award from the Virginia Music Educator's Association. This award is only received by Virginia high schools whose top ensembles in band, orchestra and choir receive Superior ratings at their District Festival.
- On March 13th, the Falls Church High School Orchestra received Superior ratings from all four judges at their District Orchestra Festival held at Edison.
- On March 6th, the Falls Church High School Symphonic Band also received Superior ratings from all four of their judges at the District Band Festival that was held at West Potomac HS. This accomplishment for the Band, coupled with the Superior rating that the Marching Jaguars received last October, has earned the Band recognition as a "Virginia Honor Band", the highest distinction that a band program can receive from the Virginia Band & Orchestra Director's Association. This is only the second time that the FCHS Band has achieved this honor since the award was introduced in 1982.
- On March 21st, FCHS' Madrigal Choir had a successful run at the Music Festival, scoring straight superior ratings with their judges.
National Scholastic Art Awards. Major kudos to Jennifer Phan for her Silver Award in the drawing category for “2” and “He Gives Anyway". Winning a national award is a great honor as there were more than 30,000 qualifying entries with more than 140,000 entries submitted for this year’s competition.
FCHS Academy Students win HOSA Awards! The following students won awards at the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) State Leadership Conference held recently in Williamsburg: Christopher Butters of Oakton High School and Falls Church Academy, 3rd place HOSA Bowl; Raidis Herrell of Marshall High School and Falls Church Academy, 3rd place HOSA Bowl; Rebecca Hull of Oakton High School and Falls Church Academy, 3rd place HOSA Bowl; Pamela Miranda of Falls Church Academy-Practical Nursing, 3rd place Concepts of Care and Reenu Paul of Lake Braddock Secondary and Falls Church Academy, 3rd place HOSA Bowl.
CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS DIVE
Riley Louden Advances to State! Junior and team captain, Riley Louden, just qualified for the Indoor Track State Championships in the pole vault event. Riley competed this past Saturday, February 21st, at the Northern Region Championships at George Mason University where she placed in the top 6 to guarantee her a spot to advance to the State Meet. Riley was the National District Champion in the pole vault earlier in the month where she broke the meet record in that event. Riley came into the event at a starting height of 7 feet 6 inches with no faults leading up her jump of 9 feet. Though she was unable to clear 9 feet, which would have been a personal best, her previous jumps were perfect, unlike her competitors who carried faults. This placed her in the competition at 6th place. The top 6 advance to States. Riley is the only female track athlete to qualify for States at FCHS in Track since Julia Long in 2004. The last male athlete to qualify for States was Tony Collins in the 55m Hurdles back in 2006. Riley will compete at the State Championships on 27 February at the Bo Williams Sportscomplex in Hampton, VA.
2009 Virginia All State Chorus. Lani Stait from FCHS has been named to the Virginia All-State Chorus for 2009 and will perform April 23-25 at Massaponax High School in Fredricksburg.
Our Band Is "SUPERIOR"!! Congratulations to members of the Symphonic Band for earning "Superior" ratings from
Boys Swim & Dive Team. The Swim/Dive Team welcomed
Girls Swim & Dive Team. The Girls Swim/Dive team received some redemption, as they won convincingly over the Edison Eagles. Last season, the very same team squeaked past the Jaguars by 2 points. The Girls Swim & Dive team continued their season with a win over
Gymnastics Team. Congratulations to the FCHS Gymnastics Team for their graceful entrance into the top standings at their last two meets. All Around Athletes (competing in vault, bars, balance beam and floor) are Ashton Barlow (Jr), Elena Johnson (So), Carrie Murphy (Fr), Katie Porter (Jr), and Shannon Simmons (Fr) with Laura Watson (Fr) (competing balance beam) under the coaching of Michael Cooper. At their first meet at
Boys' Cross Country Team. The
Strike up the Band! A BIG congratulations goes out to the FCHS Marching Jaguars for their Superior rating at the VBODA State Marching Festival on October 25!!
Field Hockey All-District Honorees!! Congratulations to the following Jaguars, who received All-District Honors: 1st Team - Ana Moschopolous and Kiara Odom; 2nd Team - Michelle Engquist and Bethany Boveri; and Honorable Mentions - Hannah Wilkerson, Erin Stansel and Kim Sackie. Way to go, ladies! We are so proud of you and we appreciate your hard work!
